Pricing News Daily is a digest of top pricing strategy in the news, strategy expert and technology leader’s thought leadership, industry news and events, and resources for pricing professionals, business owners, creative professionals, and independent contractors.

Not every stakeholder is convinced as India considers a policy that may force e-commerce companies, social-media websites and search engines to store their data locally and regulate anti-competitive policies such as deep discounts during online sales. According to the recommendations of the draft policy, a copy of which is available with BloombergQuint, such locally stored […]

Fallacies of price matching We have found that when customers mention they can find a lower price elsewhere, they are indirectly telling your salespeople, “I want to do business with you, but you have to make me feel like I am getting a better value.” Many consumers understand that if the dealership has the lowest […]

When Apple broke the $1,000 barrier for its iPhone X last September, critics scoffed at its exorbitant price. They doubted people would reach so deeply into their wallets for a phone that outpriced two other perfectly good iPhones, the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. The critics were wrong. Apple CEO Tim Cook said in […]

This is the third in my series on pricing strategies. Value-based pricing is probably the most important aspect of pricing that any service business can implement. Done correctly, it can transform your business. Read complete article here: Pricing Strategies: Value-Based Pricing (#03) – YouTube.

Welcome to the obscure, murky, and sometimes scary world of product pricing. If you are reading this, it’s probably because I finally got a title catchy enough to draw you in… or like plenty of other entrepreneurs, you are unsure of how to price your product (most likely). Elementary, My Dear Watson. As in elementary math […]

Creating Margin with Consumption-based Pricing Consumption pricing is charging based on how much or often a consumer uses the product. The two most obvious examples would be almost any cloud storage provider or Invision’s per workflow product. This structure is perfect if your product could be accessed by an entire group or division with one […]

Warby Parker, the eyeglass company that evolved a dated shopping experience, has also disrupted a category that has seen little innovation over the past few decades. The company offers quick delivery, lower costs and on-trend products. Warby Parker is now a household name and worth $1.75 billion— proving the quickly won value of disrupting the […]

Apple’s bet on a $1,000 smartphone has paid off in a big way, and that’s bad news for iPhone fans. As the iPhone X continues to be Apple’s best-selling smartphone, analysts warn that it will encourage even higher price tags year after year. You can expect this year’s iPhone lineup to be even more expensive, […]

With expansive global competition and today’s consumers readily disrupting traditional pricing and revenue management methods, it is vital for pricing strategists to understand changing perceptions of value, evolving customer behaviours and the new demands of an omni-channel operating environment.

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The Professional Pricing Society team and I are very proud to announce that we will be returning to Amsterdam for our next great event – The 14th Annual PPS European & Global Pricing Conference & Workshops held 28-30 November.

Conference keynotes, breakout sessions, and networking opportunities highlight the conference day on 30 November; While 28-29 November will be used for workshop days to help you enhance your pricing knowledge.

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‘No teeth’: experts concerned resale price caps won’t be effective At least 53 per cent like the idea of capping prices at 25 per cent above face value, something local ticket broker Kingsley Bailey says is unrealistic, even though he supports the idea. “There’s no teeth in that because there’s an unlevel playing field. They […]

Reacting to news of the boycott, the cinema chain says that it offers “a number of discounted opportunities” and that customers can contact them if they want help in “understanding how to access these deals”. This response has further angered a group that has recently been set up to highlight the disparity in cost that […]

Despite small gains in the late hours of the weekend, the cryptocurrency market suffered heavy losses last week. Prices appear to have found stability this morning, but most of the market has made a loss on the day. Bitcoin increased 0.63 percent to trade for $6,384.25, while Ethereum fell 2.67 percent to trade at $317.69. […]

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